mIRC

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mIRC
File:Mirc.gif
Author(s): Khaled Mardam-Bey[1]
Programming language: C/C++[2]
Platform: Windows [3]
Status: Active
License: Shareware[4]
Latest release: 7.14[5]
Homepage: http://www.mirc.com

mIRC is a graphical standalone client for Windows which is very popular[6] and Shareware-licensed[4]. The user may choose to pay for the program then but the client doesn't lose any of its functionality after the trial period. mIRC is often extended using its scripting language MSL or using dlls[7].

MSL

See also the main article → MSL

mIRC has its own scripting language called mIRC scripting language (or MSL) which can modify the client's appearance and also add new functionality.[8]

mIRC 7

mIRC 7 was released on July 30th 2010. The main goal of mIRC 7 was to convert mIRC to unicode, and doing so has took almost two years, and has required tens of thousands of changes to over 150,000 lines of code. mIRC can be downloaded here[9]

mIRC 7 Features[10]

   * Improved Windows 7 compatibility
   * Faster text display/scrolling
   * Automatic text color correction
   * Support for italic text and other font styles
   * Status window SSL connection icon
   * IPv6 support
   * Persistent channel history
   * Digitally signed executables
   * Automatic splitting of long channel/private messages
   * Full screen display with F11 function key
   * UPnP support

References

See also

Category:mIRC tutorials